Jules-Joseph Deprez, R.I.P. Posted on 02/08/202102/08/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo Society of the Missionaries of AfricaFather Yvo Wellens, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,informs you of the return to the Lord of FatherJules-Joseph Deprez on Monday, 2 Augustus 2021 in the Hospital of Aye – Marche (Belgium)at the age of 95 years, of which 71 years of missionary lifein Mali and Belgium.Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.Download here the announcement of Father Jules-Joseph Deprez’s death (more…)
Luciano Colombo, R.I.P. Posted on 31/07/202131/07/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo Society of the Missionaries of AfricaFather Gaetano Cazzola, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Italy,informs you of the return to the Lord of FatherLuciano Colombo on Saturday, 31 July 2021 in Treviglio (Italy)at the age of 93 years, of which 70 years of missionary lifein Tunisia and Italy.Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.Download here the announcement of Father Luciano Colombo’s death (more…)
Pierre Aucoin, R.I.P. Posted on 30/07/202131/07/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo Society of the Missionaries of AfricaFather Réal Doucet, Provincial of the Americas,informs you of the return to the Lord of FatherPierre Aucoin on Thursday, 29 July 2021 in CHSLD1 St-Vincent de Paul – Sherbrooke (Canada)at the age of 91 years, of which 67 years of missionary lifein Malawi, Zambia, Great Britain, Italy and Canada.Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.Download here the announcement of Father Pierre Aucoin’s death (more…)
Jean Moriaud, R.I.P. Posted on 30/07/202130/07/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo Society of the Missionaries of AfricaFather Emmanuel Lengaigne, Provincial Delegate of the sector of France,informs you of the return to the Lord of FatherJean Moriaud on Friday, 30 July 2021 in Pau-Billère (France)at the age of 85 years, of which 58 years of missionary lifein Burkina Faso, Chad and France.Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.Download here the announcement of Father Jean Moriaud’s death (more…)
Funeral Service of Father Xavier Biernaux in Goma Posted on 28/07/202128/07/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo Father XAVIER BIERNAUX, who died on 22 July 2021 in Goma, received the last tributes of the diocese of Goma at the Notre Dame d’Afrique parish. Ordained a priest on 25 July 1963, Father XAVIER BIERNAUX, who had made his vow to become a servant of the Lord at the ordination of another priest in Belgium, received on 27 July 2021 the last tributes of the faithful of the diocese of Goma and elsewhere.The Eucharistic celebration was presided over by Bishop Willy Ngumbi, M.Afr. at the parish of Notre Dame d’Afrique. Several concelebrants, including the provincial superior of the Missionaries of Africa, Father Emmanuel Ngona, were present. In the diocese of Goma, Father Xavier Biernaux served from 2005 to 2013. First as curate and then as parish priest, it was in the Archdiocese of Bukavu that he took his first steps as a missionary, until he reached 58 years of mission in the DRC. The mass was broadcast on Radio Maria Bukavu in conjunction with Radio Maria RDC – Goma. Xavier Biernaux now rests in peace in the church cemetery in Buhimba. All Hommage au Père Xavier Biernaux
Evocation of the life of Xavier Biernaux Posted on 26/07/202129/07/2021 by Vitus Danaa AboboThis is a brief evocation of the life of Xavier Biernaux, which will be completed by the PAC, his province. This is not the definitive obituary.Biernaux Xavier_en
Xavier Biernaux, R.I.P. Posted on 22/07/202122/07/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo Society of the Missionaries of AfricaFather Emmanuel Ngona, Provincial of Central Africa,informs you of the return to the Lord of FatherXavier Biernaux on Thursday, 22 July 2021 in Goma (D.R. Congo)at the age of 85 years, of which 59 years of missionary lifein Democratic Republic of Congo.Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.Download here the announcement of Father Xavier Biernaux’s death (more…)
Edward Brady, R.I.P. Posted on 13/07/202113/07/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo Society of the Missionaries of AfricaFather Michael O’Sullivan, Superior of the Missionaries of Africa in Ireland,informs you of the return to the Lord of FatherEdward (Eddie) Brady on Sunday 11th July 2021 in Dublin (Ireland)at the age of 92 years, of which 56 years of missionary lifein Tanzania and Ireland.Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.Download here the announcement of Father Edward Brady’s death (more…)
Alfons Heymans, R.I.P. Posted on 11/07/202111/07/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo Society of the Missionaries of AfricaFather Yvo Wellens, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,informs you of the return to the Lord of FatherAlfons Heymans on Saturday 10th July 2021 in Bruges (Belgium)at the age of 87 years, of which 63 years of missionary lifein Malawi and Belgium.Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.Download here the announcement of Father Alfons Heymans (more…)